Governor Lachlan Macquarie : An Ego With Heart - Governor Lachlan Macquarie replaced the disgraced Governor Bligh in 1808. Despite being self-conceited and vain he did a great job in establishing a growing colony.

Hamilton Hume and William Hovell: In 1824 Hamilton Hume and William Hovell set out on an expedition to expore the southern coasts. The trip was successful despite a bitter feud between the two leaders.

Governor George Gawler: In Debt - In the late 1830's, despite Governor George Gawler and his efforts, the colony of Adelaide found itself in serious debt after borrowing great amounts of money from the British Treasury.

Collapse of the Adelaide Colony: Overlanders to the Rescue - Following the collapse of the Adelaide Colony, the survival of Adelaide depended on the ingenuity of the farmers, poorer classes and the overlanders.

Gold in them there hills- Rush to the Goldfields of Bathurst: Workmen quit their jobs, shepherds deserted their flocks, shopkeepers closed their stores, and a great tide of fortune seekers pressed onward, day by day to the west.

Spoil Sports - Government Gold Regulations : When the population on the gold fields began to grow too large the government found it necessay to make arrangement s for the preservation of law and order.

Gold In Ballarat : On the 10th of August 1851, the Geelong newspapers announced that deposits of auriferous earth had been discovered at Buninyong and very soon the sunny slopes of that peaceful and pastoral district were swarming with prospecting parties.

Insurrection at Ballarat : Skirmishes between the soldiers and diggers now became frequent ; and, on the 30th of November, when the last "digger hunt" took place, the police and soldiers were roughly beaten off.

Polynesian Labour in Queensland : Introduced in Queensland in the 1860's the Kanakas were ill treated, sometimes by planters but more often by the seamen. Polynesian Labourer's Act passed to regulate this labour traffic.

Explorations of Australia 1840 to 1860 : Eyre, Sturt, Leichardt, Kennedy, Mitchell and Gregory were explorers who had to encounter, the pangs of hunger and thirst in the arid desert in order to explore Central Australia.